练习题18-2022-2023学年高二英语【新课程寒假作业】

积 累 · 整 合 应 用 · 拓 展 创 新 · 实 践 高二英语 第 周 年 月 日 积累 · 整合 练习题 18 语篇填空 阅读下面材料 ， 在空白处填入适当的内容 （ 一个单词 ） 或括号内单词的正确形式 。 Passage 1 Many of you fail to seek your purpose in life. You dream and then follow it up with a list of reasons why the dream is unachievable. You fill your life 1. different 2. （ excuse ） and “ I can蒺t ” , 3. gradually leave your dreams 4. （ break ） . Many great companies came from a dream, were nurtured （ 培育 ） a garage or basement and 5. （ grow ） to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Why not you? Why not your dream? The only true limits you experience in life are those you create or those you allow others 6. （ put ） on you. If you can dream it, you can do it! Dreaming is the easy part while 7. （ act ） on the dream is hard. Recognize that a dream is 8. journey. On the simplest level, it takes time, desire, and courage. But rarely is something great 9. （ easy ） realized. Dreaming is recognizing and believing the ability to realize 10. （ they ） . Keep your dreams in front of you. Do not be afraid to dream. Never, forget, if you can dream it, you can do it! Passage 2 Robert Burns is the most famous poet to write in Scots, the traditional language of Scotland. Born in Ayrshire, Scotland to a poor farming family, his parents made sure that he was well educated as a child. In 1783 he started composing poetry 1. a traditional style using the Ayrshire dialect of Scots. These poems were well received 2. （ local ） and in 1786 they were published in the volume, Poems, Chiefly, 3. made him fam ous in Scotland overnight. However, his fame was not 4. （ accompany ） by money and he found 5. necessary to return to farming. When this also proved 6. （ profit ） , he entered government service in 1789. He died at the age of 37 as a result of a weak heart, brought on by years of poor working conditions on the farm 7. （ date ） back to his childhood. Within a short time of his death, money started pouring in from all over Scotland 8. （ support ） his widow and 69 第 周 年 月 日 寒